List of mayors of South Bend, Indiana
Mayor of South Bend | |
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Term length | Four-year term |
Formation | May 22, 1865 |
Deputy | President of South Bend Common Council |
Salary | $117,780.24 (2020)[1][2] |
This is a list of mayors of South Bend, Indiana, beginning with South Bend's incorporation as a city on May 22, 1865.[3][4] William G. George served as the city’s first mayor from 1865 to 1868. Joe Kernan was mayor of South Bend from 1988 to 1997 and went on to serve as Governor of Indiana. Every mayor since 1972 has been a Democrat and the incumbent is James Mueller, having taken office on January 1, 2020.
# | Portrait | Name[5] | Term start | Term end | Terms | ||
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1 | William G. George | 1865 | 1868 | 1 | Republican | ||
2 | Louis Humphreys (1816–1880) | 1868 | 1872 | 2 | Republican | ||
3 | William Miller | 1873 | 1876 | 2 | Republican | ||
4 | 1877 | 1878 | 1 | Republican | |||
5 | Lucius G. Tong (1842–1908) | 1878 | 1880 | 1 | Republican | ||
6 | Levi J. Ham (1805–1887; aged 81) | 1880 | 1884 | 2 | Democratic | ||
7 | George W. Loughman (1846–??) | 1884 | 1888 | 2 | Republican | ||
8 | William H. Longley | 1888 | 1892 | 2 | Democratic | ||
9 | David R. Leeper (1832–1900) | 1892 | 1894 | 1 | Democratic | ||
10 | D. B. J. Schafer | 1894 | 1898 | 2 | Republican | ||
11 | Schuyler Colfax III (1870–1925) | 1898 | 1902 | 2 | Republican | ||
12 | Edward J. Fogarty | 1902 | 1910 | 4 | Democratic | ||
13 | Charles L. Goetz | 1910 | 1914 | 2 | Democratic | ||
14 | Fred W. Keller (1893–1955) | 1914 | 1918 | 2 | Independent | ||
15 | Franklin R. Carson (1861–1929) | January 1918 | 1922 | 2 | Republican | ||
16 | Eli F. Seebirt (1879–1955) | 1922 | 1926 | 2 | Republican | ||
17 | Chester R. Montgomery | 1926 | 1930 | Democratic | |||
18 | William Riley Hinkle (1874–1964) | 1930 | 1935 | Democratic | |||
19 | George W. Freyermuth (1868–1958) | 1935 | 1938 | Republican | |||
20 | Jesse I. Pavey | 1938 | 1945 | Democratic | |||
21 | F. Kenneth Dempsey (1906–1973) | 1945 | 1947 | Democratic | |||
22 | George A. Schock | 1947 | 1952 | Democratic | |||
23 | John Alden Scott (1916–1986) | 1952 | 1956 | 1 | Republican | ||
24 | Edward F. Voorde (1910–1960) | January 1, 1956 | September 2, 1960[6] | 1¼ | Democratic | ||
25 | Frank J. Bruggner (1891–1972) | September 1960 | 1964 | ¾ | Democratic | ||
26 | Lloyd M. Allen (1919–1989) | 1964 | 1972 | 2 | Republican | ||
27 | Jerry Miller | 1972 | 1975 | 1 | Democratic | ||
28 | Peter J. Nemeth (born in 1942) | 1976 | 1979 | 1 | Democratic | ||
29 | Roger O. Parent | 1980 | 1988 | 2 | Democratic | ||
30 | Joe E. Kernan (1946–2020) | January 3, 1988 | January 3, 1997 | 2¼ | Democratic | ||
31 | Steve Luecke (born in 1964) | January 3, 1997 | January 1, 2012 | 3¾ | Democratic | ||
32 | Pete Buttigieg (born in 1982) | January 1, 2012 | January 1, 2020 | 2 | Democratic | ||
33 | James Mueller (born in 1982) | January 1, 2020 | Incumbent | Democratic |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg says the monthly mortgage payment on his 'one house in Indiana' is $450". 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Reports: Gateway".
- ^ "THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA". City of South Bend, Indiana. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ "List of South Bend Mayors". The History Museum of South Bend. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ "List of South Bend Mayors". Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ Died in office.
Categories:
- Mayors of South Bend, Indiana
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